BCCI made a strong statement by releasing Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the central contract. BCCI has made it clear that players who are not in the national team must give importance to domestic cricket at all costs. Any player who ignores domestic cricket may have to face moves like Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer in the future. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer did not take BCCI Sachin Jai Shah’s warning seriously and had to face the consequences.
In fact, this whole controversy started in South Africa. Ishan Kishan withdrew his name from Team India citing his mental health. After that, Ishan Kishan didn’t get a place in the team for the England series. The question arose as to why Kishan was not included in the team. In response, Team India coach Rahul Dravid made it clear that Kishan needs to play domestic cricket to make a comeback in Team India. Despite this, Kishan continued to stay away from the Ranji Trophy and did not play a single match for Jharkhand.
BCCI’s message
Shreyas Iyer also found himself in controversy during the series against England. Iyer got a place in the Test team. But after a poor performance in two Tests, Iyer was dropped from Team India. After that, Iyer also ignored the Ranji Trophy. Furthermore, Iyer excused himself due to injury for not taking part in the Ranji Trophy. But the National Cricket Academy has made it clear that Iyer is fully fit to play in the Ranji Trophy."text-align: justify;">BCCI secretary Jay Shah did not like the senior players not taking part in the Ranji Trophy. Recently, the BCCI released a letter saying that players who are not on national duty cannot ignore domestic cricket. But Iyer and Kishan didn’t take it seriously. BCCI has now taken action and pointed out that no player can ignore domestic cricket by giving importance to the IPL. If a player manages to do this in the future, his place in Team India will be in question.